Hard Drives Constantly running

Posted: 07-30-2004, 04:00 PM

ernie smith

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Does anyone know why my hard drives might be constantly
running in Win XP? Is there a way to stop the hard drive
from being accessed all the time? Even when I'm not
doing anything, the hard drive light coms on.

Thanks for any help in this matter.

Hard Drives Constantly running

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Ted Zieglar aka \Rocky\

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Re: Hard Drives Constantly running

Posted: 07-30-2004, 04:14 PM

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"ernie smith" <ernie.smith@cjsstables.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know why my hard drives might be constantly
> running in Win XP? Is there a way to stop the hard drive
> from being accessed all the time? Even when I'm not
> doing anything, the hard drive light coms on.
>
> Thanks for any help in this matter.

Star Fleet Admiral Q

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Re: Hard Drives Constantly running

Posted: 07-31-2004, 05:55 AM

If everything "Ernie" mentioned comes up negative, then it is simply
XP is doing maintenance on your harddrive in the background - as it
was designed to do - indexing/reindexing, defragging, etc.

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"ernie smith" <ernie.smith@cjsstables.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know why my hard drives might be constantly
> running in Win XP? Is there a way to stop the hard drive
> from being accessed all the time? Even when I'm not
> doing anything, the hard drive light coms on.
>
> Thanks for any help in this matter.

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